Incidents

Illegal immigrants on boats are rescued by EUNAVFOR MED personnel as part of Operation Sophia, November 3, 2017. On that date, a total of 263 illegal immigrants on boats were rescued within Operation Sophia's area of responsibility in the Central Mediterranean.
Crime & Piracy

EU eyes granting Frontex sweeping new powers over illegal migration

Reuters
Port of Ras Tanura
Acts of War

Houthis claim strike on Saudi Arabia's biggest oil refinery

Reuters
Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar map
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | How a ghost tanker and fake contracts sneaked Iranian jet fuel past sanctions to Myanmar

Reuters
UHL Freedom
Incidents

United Heavy Lift denies ship’s engine failure in North Sea incident

Alan Bosworth
The listing cargo ship Seahorse off the coast of Lebanon, October 25, 2026
Accidents

Seven crew rescued after jumping from listing cargo ship off Lebanon

Gareth Havelock
The sand dredger Vivo Arya, pictured under a former name
Accidents

All 19 crew rescued after sand dredger sinks off Malaysia

Alan Bosworth
UHL Freedom
Incidents

Three crew injured as heavy lift vessel loses propulsion in the North Sea

Alan Bosworth
Mein Schiff 3
Accidents

Cruise ship collides with two container vessels in Bremerhaven

Gareth Havelock
Prospector 5
Accidents

One dead, four missing after jackup drilling rig sinks off Gabon

Jens Karsten
Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz
Acts of War

Iran warns Persian Gulf subsea cables are targets if war resumes

Reuters
Black Sea
Acts of War

Romania accuses Russia of escalation after fatal cargo ship attack

Reuters
UK Royal Navy's P283 HMS Mersey and P282 HMS Severn shadow Russian Navy's RFN Boikiy along English Channel
Crime & Piracy

Royal Navy sailor faces court over Russian espionage charges

Reuters
Map showing Indonesia and its offshore areas
Crime & Piracy

Indonesia intercepts tanker from Malaysia carrying illegal drugs worth nearly $200m

Reuters
Ships at anchor in the Singapore Strait
Crime & Piracy

January-September reported Asian piracy and armed robbery incidents drop by 58 per cent in 2026

Will Xavier
CMA CGM Petra, a sister ship of CMA CGM Pointe Noire
Accidents

CMA CGM containership strikes crane at Italy’s Livorno Port

Jens Karsten
The Project ST192 factory trawler Kapitan Yunak built by United Shipbuilding Corporation's Admiralty Shipyards
Crime & Piracy

Investigation links 17 Russian trawlers to more than 500 incidents near UK subsea cables

Gareth Havelock
The Russian hovercraft ferry Vasily Ilyin (representative photo only)
Search and Rescue

Hovercraft crews rescue 128 passengers from grounded river ferry in eastern Russia

Gareth Havelock
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

Greece-Panama law firm sanctioned by US for aiding Iranian shipping

Reuters
SalMar
Accidents

Worker airlifted to hospital after crushing accident at SalMar fish farm in Norway

Alan Bosworth
A vessel attempts to extinguish the blaze on the Abkatun-H production platform in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico, October 19, 2026.
Incidents

Fire ignites on unmanned offshore platform in Mexico's Bay of Campeche

Jens Karsten
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